Donetsk. File photoNUR-SULTAN, Feb 22The issue of Kazakhstan's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) is not on the agenda, the country's official position on this issue will be adopted during a meeting of the Security Council on Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister — Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Mukhtar Tleuberdi said. «The official position of Kazakhstan is being developed now, the Security Council of Kazakhstan will be held in the next few hours, at which we will finally accept the official position of Kazakhstan. But I must assure you that there is no question of recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics by Kazakhstan. We proceed from the foundations of international law and the basic principles UN charter,» Tleuberdi told reporters on the sidelines of the government on Tuesday.The Kazakh Foreign Ministry expressed hope for a diplomatic settlement of the situation in Ukraine The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. It primarily concerns women, children and the elderly. As stated by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky will soon order the military to launch an offensive in the Donbass, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization. On Monday, after an extraordinary large meeting of the Security Council, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and stated that he considers it necessary to make a decision to immediately recognize the sovereignty of the LPR and DPR, since those who embarked on the path of bloodshed, violence and lawlessness, they did not recognize and do not recognize any other solution to the conflict in Donbass, except for the military one. Immediately after the address, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR.The development of the situation in the Donbass — in the online report >>
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